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The tender process for flood defence work in Stonehaven has been delayed because so many contractors have bid for the work. Aberdeenshire Council said it had drawn up a shortlist of five for the £16 million contract, but the timescale has "slipped by a few months" due to the "significant level of i

West of Scotland Housing Association's Earl's Green development in Troon West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has announced the appointment of Robertson Facilities Management to deliver its planned and reactive maintenance contract.

Commercial property advisor Ryden has announced senior promotions with five new partners and two new associates. Susan Cameron and David Lindsay based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, Gregor Harvie and Tim Jacobsen in Glasgow and Michael Lorimer in Aberdeen were all made partner with David Moore, E

Work being carried out as part of the £55 billion HS2 rail project in England has been delayed because leaflets ended up 500 miles away in Aberdeen.

Work to build a new £3.8 million business centre, which is being developed by East Renfrewshire Council, is now underway. The project, which will create Greenlaw Business Centre in Newton Mearns, will enable the council to increase its support for small businesses.

UK contractors have been urged to face up to the “significant human rights risks” in their supply chains after the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) found that both British and foreign workers are at risk of exploitation despite recent legislation. Criticising the industry’s “slow respo

Drum Property Group has unveiled plans to deliver a new music venue at Stead’s Place in Edinburgh as part of redesigned proposals for the area. Following extensive consultation with the local community, plans now include a row of independent retail, restaurant and entertainment units facing di

An investigation into the financial wrongdoings at Carillion could still take months to conclude despite making “good progress”, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reported. A team of lawyers and forensic accountants from the watchdog is investigating KPMG’s audit of Carillion from 2014

The hub team collecting Sponsor/Developer Award (from left) Hal Cruttenden (host), Joanne MacDougall (hub South East marketing & communications manager), Kevin Bradley (hub South East Board member), Paul McGirk (hub South East chief executive), Tunca Ataoglu (regional director, EMEA - sponsor of

Wates Residential is swapping single-use plastic cups for reusable bottles on a site in London in a bid to tackle the plastics crisis. The developer is demonstrating its leadership in the construction sector when it comes to reducing single-use plastics waste and has committed to rolling out the cha

Well over half of people wrongly assume that millennials are useless when it comes to carrying out practical jobs around the home, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The study shows that despite well over half (57%) of Brits thinking that millennials are inept, the

Russell and Yvonne MacMillan of East Renfrewshire Good Causes (centre left and right) celebrate the announcement of their partnership with Maidenhill alongside Audrey Ross, sales and marketing director at Taylor Wimpey West Scotland (far left), and Suzie Farrell, marketing manager at CALA Homes (Wes

Furniture specialist Alpha Scotland has won a contract to kit out key learning spaces at the University of the West of Scotland’s new £110 million campus in Lanarkshire. The new state of the art facility at Hamilton International Park, which opens in September this year, has been designed to enco

Glasgow Sheriff Court - Image courtesy of Google Street View A Kirkintilloch-based building company has been prosecuted after a worker fell through a roof at a construction site in Glasgow.

New proposals have been unveiled to boost the next generation of offshore wind projects in Scottish waters. Crown Estate Scotland has published a new paper outlining the draft process for developers to lease a seabed site for the construction and operation of an offshore windfarm.